I think it doesn't work. I tried to take the 13C-NMR of a cellulose derivative in DMSO-d6 at 30oC, but I couldn’t obtain an acceptable spectrum for 1000 scan (The concentration of my sample was 50mg/mL). I looked at literature and found they normally use of higher temperatures and more scans. I want to know what is the best condition?
Solid-state 13C NMR is a good way of doing things - if you have a decent amount of material you should run it by cross polarization MAS and also by direct 13C obsevation with inverse-gated decoupling as the CP-MAS experiment may not be quantitative. We have run lots of alginates, chitosans, celluloses, flours - you really have to worry about the molecular weight of the polysaccharide or you will get crappy results - there is often a depolymerization step you need to perform with acid and then a readjustment of the pH. Also your concentration will be critical for 13C. Were you trying to do quantitative 13C or just qualitative by HMQC/HMBC?